La Plaza de Cultura y Artes June 2023 Website $50,000 To support the Gloria Molina Empowerment Fund to provide an in-depth look at Supervisor Molina's impact in Los Angeles. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 6 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
National Employment Law Project June 2023 Website $570,000 To strengthen the recovery of low-income workers' wages through support for the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Restaurant Opportunities Centers June 2023 Website $400,000 To support engagement, training, and organizing of low-income restaurant workers in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Community College League of California June 2023 Website $1,000,000 To advance economic mobility and shared prosperity through statewide advocacy and policymaker education focused on workforce development and training, through an entity such as EDGE Coalition. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Inland Empire Community Foundation June 2023 Website $230,750 To support a strategic planning process in the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Southern California Public Radio June 2023 Website $400,000 To support community engagement in journalism on economic security and advancement. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
Jobs for the Future, Inc. June 2023 Website $1,000,000 To support the High Road Training Fund which provides support to job seekers and workers in overcoming barriers to social mobility with services, such as job placement, job retention services, and case-managed wraparound services. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 38 months Region Served: Statewide
Youth Leadership Institute May 2023 Website $250,000 To support a statewide fellowship and youth policy magazine to train low-income youth in media production. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center May 2023 Website $450,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Community Initiatives May 2023 Website $500,000 To support the Low-Wage Worker Empowerment Initiative, providing low-wage, allied health care workers with union scale wages, benefits, and upskilling, through an entity such as AlliedUP. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Warehouse Worker Resource Center May 2023 Website $200,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage workers in the warehouse industry, through the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees May 2023 Website $300,000 To expand learning and coordination among funders to lift up the socioeconomic issues and perspectives impacting low-income immigrants and refugees in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Legal Aid at Work May 2023 Website $400,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage workers through the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Statewide
Chinese Progressive Association May 2023 Website $260,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage workers, through an entity such as Trabajadores Unidos Workers United, a member of the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Golden Gate University May 2023 Website $220,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage workers in the residential care industry through the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Southern California Grantmakers May 2023 Website $25,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Goodwill Industries of Southern California May 2023 Website $450,000 To expand business engagement work to create key stakeholder alignment to grow training programs and apprenticeships as pathways to create living-wage jobs. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
El Pajaro Community Development Corporation May 2023 Website $600,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
San Diego Workforce Partnership May 2023 Website $75,000 To support an executive search process for a new Chief Executive Officer. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Digital Nest Apr 2023 Website $260,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley